Govt trying to evacuate Stranded Bangladeshis
Bangladeshi crew in Ukraine: Govt trying to evacuate them to Poland, says Shahriar
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Thursday said the government is trying to move 28 crew members of Bangladeshi ship Banglar Samriddhi to Warsaw, Poland from war-ravaged Ukraine.
In a video message, he said the crew have already been taken to a relatively safe place from the ship that came under attack leaving its third engineer dead on Wednesday.
He said the crew members are also carrying with them the body of deceased Hadisur Rahman, a 47-year-old Bangladesh national.
The state minister said the government, in consultation with the Shipping Ministry, will bring back the 28 crew members and the body of the third engineer if the crew members can safely enter Poland.
Earlier in the day, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen said the 28 crew members stranded on a Bangladeshi ship in war-torn Ukraine have been shifted to a relatively safer place there.
The sailors, all of them Bangladeshis, have moved out from the ship, Banglar Samriddhi, he told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. He did not, however, give details about the safe place.
The foreign secretary also said Bangladesh Ambassador to Poland Sultana Laila Hossain talked to the captain of the ship.
Read: 28 stranded Bangladeshi crew shifted to safer place: Foreign Secy
Masud Momen also said Bangladesh Missions in neighbouring countries of Ukraine remain ready as they are exploring ways to find a convenient route for their safe exit from Ukraine.
The ship has already been declared abandoned considering volatile situation there.
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